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If you’re afraid of haunted places, this church is probably worth avoiding. The inside of this historical Christian building near Prague is covered in the remains of over 40,000 people. The matter in which it’s done is quite extraordinary as they’ve managed to create some elaborate works of art including chandeliers and bells, all out of bones. The Sedlec Ossuary, also referred to as Kostnice, contains thousands of human bones. The town of Sedlic is pretty ordinary otherwise; it’s not filled with creepy worshipers of dark practices. Check out the video!
 The present arrangement of the bones dates from 1870 and is the work of a Czech wood-carver, František RINT (you can see his name, put together from bones, on the right-hand wall over the last bench).
Our ossuary contains the remains of about 40 000 people. The largest collections of bones are arranged in the form of bells in the four corners of the chapel.
The most interesting creations by Master Rint are the chandelier in the centre of the nave, containing all the bones of the human body , two monstrances beside the main altar and the coat-of arms of the Schwarzenberg noble family on the left-hand side of the chapel.
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